Copyright January 2002 by ICP DAS CO., LTD. All right reserved.

The ISaGRAF embedded driver is firmware burned into the flash memory of the I-8417 / 8817. 
It can be easily upgraded by the user.

Our newly released driver can also be obtained from the following website.
   ftp://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/8000cd/napdos/isagraf/8000/driver/  

Warning:
  The copyright of the firmware and ISaGRAF embedded driver belongs to ICP DAS CO., LTD. 
  Only the I-8417, 8817, 8437 and 8837 have registered a legal ISaGRAF Target license. 
  To burn an ISaGRAF embedded driver into other I-8000 controllers is absolutely illegal 
  and may be punished by law.

Trademark:
  Products, names and trade names appeared belongs to their respective owner. 

This Document Details How To upgrade the OS & ISaGRAF driver For The I-8x17 Embedded Controller.

Make sure of your current OS & driver version before you upgrade it. 

1. Create a file folder named "8000" in your hard drive. 
   For example, "c:\8000".

2. Copy \Napdos\ISaGRAF\8000\Driver\40M\I8x17_5.00\"7188xw.exe", "7188xw.ini" , "7188xw.f4" ,
   "isa.exe" , "autoexec.bat" & "8k070515.img" from the CD_ROM into your "8000" folder.

3. Run "\8000\7188xw.exe" in your hard drive. A "7188xw" screen 
   will appear (Press F1 for help). 

4. Link COM1 or COM2 of your PC to COM1 of the I-8x17 controller through a RS232 cable. 
   If you PC is using another COM port (for example, COM5), 
   please exit ¡§7188xw.exe¡¨ first, then modify the first line in the ¡§7188xw.ini¡¨ file 
   as below  C1  B115200  P0  D8  S1    ===>   C5  B115200  P0  D8  S1 
   Then run ¡§7188xw.exe¡¨ again,

5. Power off the I-8x17 controller, connect pin "INIT*" to "INIT* COM" 
   and then power it up.

6. If the connection is Ok, messages will appear on the 7188xw screen.

      ICP_DAS MiniOS7 for I-8000 Ver. 2.00 build 002,Apr 08 2005 17:06:02
      SRAM:512K, FLASH MEMORY:512K
      [CPU=RDC 8820-D]
      Serial number= 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A
      i-8000>

7. Type "ver" to see the current OS version.

      i-8000> ver   

8. Type "isa *p=" to see the version No. of the ISaGRAF driver

      i-8000> isa *p=

      Driver  : i-8x17 : isa.exe - V5.00, Aug.23,2021
      MiniOS7 : Must use 8k070515.img
      isa_data.exe - 1.31,Dec.26,2019
      NED-ID  : 1
      COM1 is Modbus RTU slave port,19200,8,N,1 (or COM1 is free)
      COM2 is Modbus RTU slave port,19200,8,N,1 
      Use 'isa *f=1' to free COM1, 'isa *f=0' to set COM1 as Modbus RTU

      (C)Copyright:ICP DAS  CO. , LTD.      Taiwan Id:84517297

To upgrade an ISaGRAF embedded driver, follow the following steps.  

9. Power off the I-8x17 controller, connect pin "INIT*" to "INIT* COM" 
   and then power it up.

10. Press "F4" to auto run "isa_data.exe" and dowload "autoexec.bat","isa.exe"
    ,"8k070515.img" and reboot system. Wait about 90 SEC. to update ISaGRFA system.
   
   ***DO NOT REMOVE THE POWER IN THESE 90 SEC.***   

11. Type "dir" to make sure "autoexec.bat" and "isa7188e.exe" 
    are well burned.

      i-8000> dir
       0)autoexec.bat 05/21/2005 06:40:00     22[00016]8002:0000-8003:0006
       1)isa.exe      01/02/2020 17:51:09 179751[2BE27]8005:000-ABE7:000D
      Total File number is 2  Free space=27883 bytes

12. Press ALT_X to exit "7188xw".

13. Remove the connection between "INIT*" - "INIT* COM", reset the I-8x17.